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Long-term test of a stacked CdTe mini-HXI setup

Daniel Maier, B. Horeau, Philippe Laurent, O. Limousin, Diana Renaud, Madoka Kawaharada, M. Kokubun, Goro Sato, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Cesar Boatella Polo

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 2017

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Summary

This technical paper reports results from a long-term laboratory evaluation of a stacked cadmium telluride (CdTe) mini-HXI detector configuration, a key component in high-energy particle and X-ray detection systems. The authors assessed detector stability, energy resolution, and performance characteristics over extended operational periods. As a specialist instrumentation paper, this work lies outside the scope of Vitagri's focus on farming systems, soil health, nutrient density, and human health.

UK applicability

This paper has no direct applicability to UK farming systems, soil health, or nutritional outcomes. It addresses fundamental instrumentation physics with potential relevance only to UK-based high-energy physics research institutions.

Key measures

Detector energy resolution, spectral response, operational stability, and performance degradation over time in CdTe semiconductor detectors

Outcomes reported

The study evaluated the long-term performance characteristics and stability of a stacked CdTe mini-HXI (Hard X-ray Imager) detector setup over extended operational periods. Testing focused on detector response, energy resolution, and reliability metrics relevant to space-based or ground-based high-energy astrophysics applications.

Theme
Measurement & metrics
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Study design
Laboratory experiment / technical performance test
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
System type
Laboratory / in vitro
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2017.11.035
Catalogue ID
SNmoic29yz-w4eor3

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